Police Release Video Of Manhattan Beach Sexual Assault Suspect

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA – Police have released video pertaining to a sexual assault attack last Friday night in Manhattan Beach. The video shows an Uber sticker in the front passenger side window and a second Uber sicker on the rear passenger side window, according to a Manhattan Beach Police Department press release. Police are asking residents who live in between the 1000 block of Valley Drive to the 100 block of Valley Drive as well as the 3300 block of Flournoy Road to the 3500 block of Flournoy Road to check their home video surveillance to see if they captured the suspect or the suspect’s vehicle on video.

The incident was reported around 9:37 p.m. in the area of 3rd Street and Valley Drive, police said. Three teenage girls told police they were walking in the area when a man in a car signaled for them to come over to him. He asked the girls if they needed a ride, then exposed his penis while masturbating, police said.

The three girls ignored the man and continued walking. The man later shoved one of the girls to the ground and touched her genital area. The other two girls punched him until the victim escaped. They then ran home and called the police, authorities said.

The suspect is described as an Asian, Hispanic, or Middle-Eastern man with a dark complexion, 20 to 30 years old, wearing a red and black flannel shirt. The suspect vehicle is described as a dark colored four-door sedan with an Uber sticker on the passenger side windshield.

At approximately 9:50 P.M. the same night, the Manhattan Beach Police Department received a call of a male exposing his genitals in the area of 35th and Flournoy, according to police. The suspect’s description and vehicle description are the same as the sexual assault at 2nd Street and Valley Drive.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Smith at (310)802-5133.

Patch staffer Hoa Quach contributed to this post; Main image via Shutterstock; Video courtesy of Manhattan Beach Police Department